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Melissa Leo, Orsi Toth join Sarajevo jury
Programmers and Tate Modern director also added to jury headed by Bela Tarr.
Encounters adds industry forum
Bristol’s Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (September 16 – 21) has added a three-day industry forum.
Polish Days: WIDE starts presales on Solstice
Wroclaw New Horizons roundup: works in progress include Close Ups and I, Olga Hepnarova.
Sundance
Sundance teams with Polish festival
The Sundance Film Festival has entered into a partnership with Poznan’s Transatlantyk Film Festival to present a selection of its titles at the forthcoming fourth edition running from August 8-14.
Rotterdam
EC backs Berlinale, Rotterdam funds
Co-production funds run by the Berlin and Rotterdam film festivals and a new day-and-date initiative are among new projects by supported by the European Commission (EC).
Berlin
Weghorn to head Berlinale Talents
He takes over from Matthijs Wouter Knol, who is the new head of Berlin’s European Film Market.
Cannes
Roadside Attractions picks up Mommy
The US deal with Séville International comes nearly eight weeks after Xavier Dolan’s Cannes world premiere earned the 25-year-old film-maker the jury prize.
Festival execs reveal top tips
Leading figures from film festivals in Cannes, London, Edinburgh and Hong Kong revealed their top tips for standing out from the rest when gaining selection to festivals.
CBS Films takes Pride in US
The distributor has pounced on US rights to Pathe International’s comedy drama set during the Margaret Thatcher regime that closed the recent Directors’ Fortnight section in Cannes.
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Drafthouse acquires Cannes hit The Tribe
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Kino Lorber says hello, Goodbye
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Lightning seals Cannes deals
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Adopt Films acquires Winter Sleep
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Saban Films, Roadside saddle up on Homesman
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ABC-Cinemien takes Cannes six-pack
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Fidalgo takes two more Cannes titles
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Curzon acquires eight Cannes titles
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RADiUS acquires It Follows
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Winter Sleep heads to 30 territories
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IFT sells out on Velocity
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Ginnane preps two more remakes
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Winter Sleep tops Cannes buzz
AFM
Metrodome acquires Attila Marcel
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor also secures Big Sur, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Almost Human, Enter Nowhere and The Battery.
Venice
Venice Days premiere for Larry Clark
Kids director to world premiere The Smell of Us at Venice Days.
Venice wanted Gone Girl, Inherent Vice
Artistic director says US focus on local market may have contributed to Venice missing out on the new films.
Venice unveils 2014 line-up
David Gordon Green’s Manglehorn, Andrew Niccol’s Good Kill and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence among competition titles.
Venice Days unveils 2014 line-up
Shawn Christensen’s Before I Disappear in 12-strong competition line-up.
Venice Critics’ Week 2014 line-up
Nima Javidi’s Melbourne and Diego Bianchi’s The Market to bookend Venice Critics’ Week line-up.
Venice to honour Schoonmaker, Wiseman
It is the first time a film editor has received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.
Venice Classics line-up revealed
The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the 21 restored films – 18 features and 3 shorts - that will screen in its Classics section of restored films.
Toronto
Toronto to world premiere Angel, Tusk, Burgundy
Michael Wintbottom’s The Face of An Angel, Kevin Smith’s Tusk and Peter Strickland’s The Duke Of Burgundy will receive their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival; new documentaries from Joshua Oppenheimer and Nick Broomfield are also among TIFF’s second wave.
Hong Kong
Festival execs reveal top tips
Leading figures from film festivals in Cannes, London, Edinburgh and Hong Kong revealed their top tips for standing out from the rest when gaining selection to festivals.
HKIFF, Busan, Tokyo expand Academy
The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) celebrated its inauguration last night (March 23) with Moet-AFA Special Award Rising Star of Asia awardees Chiaki Kuriyama and Kim Nam-gil.
Aberdeen, Midnight After to open HKIFF
Pang Ho-cheung’s Aberdeen and Fruit Chan’s The Midnight After will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), which takes place March 24-April 7.
HKIFF to premiere Better Tomorrow
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) will screen the world premiere of Adam Wong’s ICAC Investigators 2014 - Better Tomorrow, which has Dante Lam on board as consultant director, on March 26.
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Odessa International Film Festival
Gallery of pictures from the Odessa International Film Festival (July 11-19).
Cinando
Lightning seals Cannes deals
The Santa Monica-based company has reported a flurry of market and post-market activity on its Croisette slate.
Curzon acquires eight Cannes titles
EXCLUSIVE: Titles include Clouds of Sils Maria, starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz, and Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales.
